Election Commission to announce poll dates for four states, one UT today
With this announcement, the Model Code of Conduct will come into force across all states heading to the polls.
PTC News Desk: The Election Commission of India will announce dates for legislative assembly elections slated for this year in four states and one union territory today.
The election schedule will be announced for much anticipated Assmbly polls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry in a press conference to be held in New Delhi at 4 pm today.
With this announcement, the Model Code of Conduct will come into force across all states heading to the polls.
The dates for issuing notifications, filing nominations, withdrawing nominations, voting, and the declaration of results will be announced by the panel of the Election Commission of India, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and comprising Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The terms of the respective legislative assemblies are set to expire on different dates in May and June.
Meanwhile, the final electoral rolls for four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry have been published following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list. The poll body has scheduled a press conference at 4 p.m. to formally announce the election schedule. The terms of these legislative assemblies are due to end at different times in May and June.